Study the hardness, Young's modulus and impact strength of Ep/ Fe2O3 and Ep/ AL2O3 nanocomposites

Abstract

In this research, the hand lay-up method was used for the preparation of a Nano composite material consisting of epoxy resin as a matrix material, Nano iron oxide powder (Fe₂O₃) and Nano aluminum oxide powder (Al2O3) as a reinforcement materials with a different weight ratio of (0, 6, 10, 15) %, the effect of addition of Nanoparticles on mechanical properties was studied for both types. Some mechanical test was performed on the prepared samples (Tensile test, Hardness, and Impact strength), Results showed that the value of the hardness and elastic modulus (E) increases with increasing the Nano added ratio while Impact Strength is reduced as a result of the effect of Nanomaterial properties on the matrix material.